"Gregory Wood" <gregw@com-stock.com> writes:
> ... So anytime I see something that requires some sort of shell access
> I don't like it. EXPLAIN is one of those things.
Huh? EXPLAIN doesn't require shell access ... it merely requires a
client that doesn't drop NOTICE messages into the bit bucket.
Clients that drop NOTICEs are broken for a number of reasons besides
EXPLAIN, anyway.
regards, tom lane